Onan Dumas
Fourplex Owner Financing Help
Hi BP I hope everyone is having a good day and a better week!
I am brand new to all of this and am a little overwhelmed by what the Real Estate world has to offer so I am hoping some seasoned investors are ...
Brett Merrill
New deal. Will little to no money work?
Hello BP community,I am new to REI and am learning the ropes. I have read many of the books, listened to the podcasts and have started my direct marketing. It has already produced many great leads and should be closin...
Henrik Frank
Are your rentals typically in "bad" areas?
Looking at the SoCal prices, it seems most areas are very far from being able to offer rent / price ratios that would satisfy the 2% and 50% rules. In my complex (Newport Beach), a $700K townhouse typically rents for ...
Garrett Grove
Fourplex Deal Analysis
Asking Price: 259000, the most I would offer is 249,000
Downpayment required, 25% conventional: 62,250
Interest+principal, @4.5%: 946.23
Taxes, verified: 3000/yr,250/mo
Insurance, verified: 1700/yr, 142/mo
Rental Inc...
April Birdsong
AGI >$100,000 Can't deduct rental losses?
Hi thereI am new to investing, looking at a SFH for my 1st rental property and trying to understand the tax benefits that are often spoken of on the podcasts. But, my CPA says that because my AGI is >$100,000, I am...
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can u help me analyze this 4 unit place in small town?
i would like some advice on how to analyze this property...i am very new to real estate investing....
a friend of mine said this is NOT a good buy simply because my money could be placed in a money market (over 5% in...
Kristin Kiddy
Flip Wars Is So Off Base
Been watching Flip Wars and boy o' boy is the fake shining through. The auction scenes just can't be real. First, where is everybody else? Here in Volusia County all the auctions are done on-line. I can't believe ...
Andy DeFruscio
Investing with my Dad - Different Investing Time Lines
So my father and I currently own a couple Duplex's together and are looking to buy another investment property. We are at very different points in our lives and I am wondering if we should keep investing together. My ...
Wes Blackwell
RANT: Stop Using Bad Math to Analyze Real Estate - Plus A Hot Tip
I'm writing this post to shed some light on a problem I keep encountering with aspiring investors who are new to real estate.
They read a book or two, hop on BiggerPockets and learn about a few ways to analyze a pote...
Mark Senecal
Turnkey Property in a Self Directed IRA
Hey BiggerPockets,I have retirement money in a few places but they are mostly stock based. Lately stocks have not been performing that well. In an effort to diversify I would like to invest in real estate. Turnkey ...